Yarn-fastener for reel-mills



P. RASMUSSEN.

YARN FASTENEB FOR REEL MILLS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY :3, I920.

Pafiented Nov. 23, 1920.

3! 5 %WMJM A TI'ORNEY 2 UNITED" STA f rntrnn' RAsi/IUssEN, or NEW YORK, 1N.

Toall whom it may concern. s

Be itknown that I, PETER RASMUSSEN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented'certainnew and. useful Improvements in Yarn--Fa'steners for Reel-Mills, of which the following'is a specification; i p p I Th1s invention relates to improvements in fastemng -means used in connection with thereels in yarn winding machines usually called reel mills."

The object of the invention is to provide a snap fasteneradapted to be secured tothe reel blades whereby to "enable the operators to quickly and conveniently secure the *end' of the yarn to the reel, the yarn being wound into skeins on thereel and being unwound from spindles. j

mill as is necessary for an understanding of I the invention.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the fastener and its application to the reel mills Figure 1 is a diagrammatic transverse sectional view lllustratmg' so much of a reel Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of parts shown in Fig. 1 looking in the directionof arrow 2 in said figure.

Fig. 3 is a view of my improved fastener attached to a reel blade.

Fig. l is a face View ofthe fastener. Fig. 5 is an end view thereof. Referring first toFigs; 1' and 2 the reference numeral 6 indicates in general the framework of a reel mill. Only the one side of the reel mill isshown, the two sides being alike in construction. 7 indicates a ceny trally located driving drum running the length of the mill and which drives ,the spindles 8 and 9 by means of belts 10 and 11. On the spindles areplaced spoolsjof yarn,

such as silk for instance, marked 12 and 13.'

The yarn passes upward from the spools through eyes 14 secured to a reciprocating I bar 15. The reciprocating means are not shown as they are well known in the art.

The numeral 16 denotes the reel in general comprising a shaft 17 which suitably supi ports the reel blades 18, which are generally made of wood.

It will be understood thata reel mill is a I rather long machine and may have a plurality of reels placed endwise to each other and that the" purpose of the mill is to wind the yarn on the reels into skeins and at the same time twist the yarn into final different wasteful.

in the drawing because it alludes only. to

menamesmsm iezofseriai no. 380.965."

"sp' ifi a s e l-sea ant; Patented Nov. 23,1920- Application filed mayylt Y sizes and grades as'may' be desired. :When

yarns, silk, cotton or otherkindsl V r 1 In; the operation of the mill,'*the operator the. skeins' have been wound upon the reels, they-are taken off and sold, as skeins'of receives the spools'ofxyarnfand places them on the "spindleathen' runs the free ends" of the spool through the twisting members 19 v Thereafter, and this is theusualpractice, the'o perator throws the end of the 'yarn I aroun'd the nearest blade of the reel,.which,'

and then upward througlrthe eyes "14:

is then 1' rotating, and quickly. ties the yarn to the blades l'ndoing this, a rather large loopfof yarn isnia'de areund the reel blade andas'inuc'h ashalf a yard of yarn maybe 'w'z'i's'ted" in tying the yamto the reel. lnexperienced operators may also ,be hurt by the rotatihg reel or get the fingers caught therein. Altogether the practice is slow and The foregoing is not illustrated what is well known in the art.

The object of this invention is to provide a fastener which may be easily attached to the reel blades and'whereby the aboveob 'jectionable features maybe overcome.

The fastener is illustrated in detail-in Figs. 8, 4E and 5, and comprises a bracket forming a base 20 with an attaching foot 21 at right angle to the base. The fastener I further has an upstanding portion 22 ending in a lip 23 which overhan s the base.

24: is a seatfor a ratherstif? spring. 25, I which issecured' by a screw 26. The spring is so arranged that its end portion 27 bears strongly against the lip 23 and its extreme end 28 barely clears the inside of the up I right portion 22. The fastenerv is secured' to the reelblade by one or more screws 29 and is secured to the inner edge30 'of'the blade as shown in Fig. 1. j i

Instead. of tying the yarn to the reel, the

operator takes the end of the yarn between only a very shortendof theyarnis wasted.

The operation is quickly' accomplished and is not attended byany danger to the o erator. V

Iclaim:* 'j. l 1. The combination with a reel of a reel .mill, ofa fastener adapted to be secured to the bladeof the reel, said fastener compris i in" a bracket portion and a spring portion forming a jaw for attaching the yarn to the said reel. I

2. The combination with a reel of a reel mill, of a'plurality of fasteners adaptedato be secured permanently to the bladesof the reel, each of said fasteners forming spring jaw adapted to grip the free end of the yarn for attaching the latter to the said reel;

3 fastener of th character described omprising a bracket portion andfa spring.

secured to the sameto form ajaw in cooperation therewith. p

4. fastener: of-ithe character described comprisinga-bracket having a base'and an attaching foot, and aspring secured to said fastener andadapted to form a jaw in 00- operationtherewith,

- 5e fastener of the character described" comprising aibracket having-a base andan' attaching foot," the said bracket further being provided with a lipportion; spaced from the said base anda spring securedto theilatter and adapted to press against pthe said. lip portion for the purpose set forth.

6. A fastener of the character described comprising a bracket, means for securing the same to a reel blade, said bracket havingan upstandingvportionformed with a lip overhanging the sald base and a spring secured 3 to -the-latter"and-arranged to press agalnst the underside of the said lip for the purpose 7 setforth; v

7. The combination witha blade of a ree of a' fastener hairing'a base portionadapted 35 to lie against the face ofthe reel blade and anattaching foot portion adapted to be serotationofsaid reel for thepurpose set forth".

Signed at New York". in} the countyof New-York and 'Stateof New York this 12th 5 day of MayA. D; 1920 a PETER RASMUSSEN. 

